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Boycott Journalism

Updated April 19, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

When BBC reporter Alan Johnston was kidnapped in Gaza and -- according to an unconfirmed statement by his apparent captors -- murdered in cold blood, one naturally expected Britain's National Union of Journalists to take a strong stand. Indeed it has. On behalf of its 35,000 members, the NUJ has declared a boycott of tomatoes, oranges, cucumbers and other products from Israel, believe it or not, while calling on Her Majesty's government to do the same.